Tuesday, May 5, 2009

beach trip, final post

the last few days at the beach flew by.we spent most of our time trying to soak it all in and enjoy the time we had with each other.

poppy finally caught a fish (josh helped),

but it really would have missed it's mommy, so we sent him home,

uncle jay was getting frustrated. while looking out at the ocean, i told him i think the fish are over there, and pointed down the beach about 25 yards. five minutes later, he caught a pretty red fish! game on!

nana found two sand dollars while she combed the beach,

and she and anna took long walks together,

ben was perfectly content playing in his bucket of water,

and poppy continued to search the ocean, trying to figure out how i knew where those fish were,

ahhhh, it sure was a pretty sight,

john and the kids pranced near the ocean's edge and benny loved having his toes wet,

nana and poppy just chilled in the sun,

josh and anna built a sand fort, (really josh built it and anna decorated it),

and we all ate lots and lots of tootsie pops, our families favorite at the beach,

and while i watched my children playing so nicely with each other,

i knew it was getting closer to the end of our little trip. so many memories made, so many laughs and smiles.

thank you bob and julie for the privilege of staying at your home again. it feels like home to us and we can't wait to return again.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie“…when some doctor tells you “Your child won’t…” or “Don’t get your hopes up,” don’t you dare sell your child out and buy into that… defeatist attitude. Sometimes all it takes is a belief that it can happen, the determination to create the possibilities —the right environment, the right people— and the ability to love your child more than you fear their labels and limitations.”
Niksmom, Maternal Instincts blog

"It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights. I might never have learned this in any other way. I may have gone on in the arrogance of my own intolerance for those less able than myself. My child taught me humanity."
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
Anna Quindlen, Author

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein, Inventor